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May 30, 2018

CRYPTO-MINING SCHEME ‘WACHSENDE WERTE’ CLOSED ITS OFFER SITE

In the light of the recent regulatory decision to qualify crypto-mining schemes as collective investment untertakings under the EU framework, it’s pretty obvious that crypto-investment..

May 22, 2018

CRYPTOSWEEP – GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST CRYPTO-CRIMINALS

What sounds a bit scary in the first place is actually excellent news for the crypto-investment place. Operation CRYPTOSWEEP, a massive joint crackdown on Initial..

April 7, 2018

NASDAQ-LISTED BLOCKCHAIN COMPANY LONGFIN AND ITS FOUNDER UNDER SEC SCRUNITY

The NASDAQ-listed start-up company Longfin Corp, a company with roughly half-a-dozen employees in New York, made its debut in December 2017. After the Longfin announced the acquisition..

March 17, 2018

Onecash Trading Warning: Investment Scheme considered Security

The Enforcement and Investor Protection Department of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Philippines issued a warning to investors of Onecash Trading, an online cryptocurrency trading platform...

March 16, 2018

Legitimacy of Initial Coin Offerings and Crypto-Exchanges

Disclaimer: this is not a legal advice but only the personal opinion of the editor of FinTelegram. Please consult your lawyer in case of investments..

March 12, 2018

ICO Regulation: SEC Campaigning against ICOs and Crypto-Exchanges

We just passed an interesting week when it comes to cryptocurrency, ICOs, and Crypto-Exchanges. The U.S. regulator SEC made (again) clear that it regards tokens..

March 10, 2018

Regulation: SEC Urges Cryptocurrency Exchanges to Register

It was an expected move. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a statement that online trading platforms for cryptocurrencies have to be..

March 7, 2018

The first SEC-registered ICO offers new level of investors protection

According to a NASDAQ post published today, the US-Praetorian Group filed what appears to be the first SEC-registered initial coin offering (ICO). The newly formed company registered..

The Unraveling of Rabidi and the Rise of the SoftSwiss Network: Our Updated Forensic Report

A few months ago, FinTelegram released a first forensic report on the bankruptcy of Rabidi N.V., a Curacao-registered online casino operator with hundreds of millions in revenues — and no traceable assets by the time of its collapse in May 2024. That report already raised serious questions about the opaque structures behind Rabidi’s operations and its successor, Liernin Enterprises Ltd.

DeFi Decoded: Smart Contracts – The Code Behind the DeFi Revolution

Smart contracts are the invisible architects of decentralized finance. These self-executing lines of code run everything from token swaps to lending platforms without middlemen. But while they offer autonomy, they also introduce new risks—bugs, exploits, and irreversible mistakes. In this fourth installment of our FinTelegram DeFi Series, we explain what smart contracts are.

CFTC

Despite New Crypto Friendlyness: No Settlement Between U.S. CFTC And KuCoin?

A planned settlement between the U.S.CFTC and crypto exchange KuCoin is now in limbo due to a reported policy shift within the CFTC. This change is attributed to the Trump administration’s new approach, which deprioritizes enforcement actions against crypto companies. As a result, a CFTC attorney said that it is "unlikely that such authorization will be granted in the near term" regarding the settlement approval.

SEC’s New Era: Paul Atkins Sworn In—Will Crypto Finally Get the Regulatory Clarity It Deserves?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has entered a new chapter with the swearing-in of Paul S. Atkins as its 34th Chairman, a move widely anticipated to mark a dramatic pivot in how the agency approaches crypto and DeFi regulation. For years, the financial industry—especially the burgeoning digital asset sector—has bristled under the SEC’s “Regulation by Enforcement” strategy.

Crypto Mogul Changpeng Zhao – Fallen, Rich, and Rising Again?

As spring 2025 blooms and Easter’s themes of rebirth fill the air, Changpeng Zhao emerges as one of the most controversial figures of startup mythology: a man who fell spectacularly, paid a price—then rose again, wealthier and louder than ever. Once the almighty architect of Binance, CZ now resides in Dubai with a net worth that Forbes estimates at $63 billion.